n.
An extended cloud formation of bluish or gray sheets or layers.
[Latin altus, high + STRATUS.]
altostratus
Dictionary:
al·to·stra·tus (ăl'tō-strā'təs, -străt'əs) 
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
Synonym: altostratus cloud
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